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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1890
Records and references
GOLDER ASSOCIATES. DEPOSIT PROFILE, MAGGIE, BRITISHCOLUMBIA, CANADA, MARCH 1980, 9 PP. LODE METALS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENTOF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES, 1968, PP. 173-174. GEOLOGY, EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, BRITISHCOLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES,1970, PP.324-325.1971, P 18, 304. CANADIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK, MINERAL RESOURCES BRANCH., DEPTOF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, 1971, P 137. EXPLORATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRYOF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES, 1975, PP E91-E92. MCMYNN, J.E. ET AL. REPORT OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COPPERTASK, PP. 24, 65, 66. NEY, C.S. AND V.F. HOLLISTER. GEOLOGIC SETTING OF PORPHYRYDEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA. C.I.M. SPECIAL VOLNO. 15, 1976 PP 21-29CHRISTOPHER, P.A, AND N.C. CARTER. METALLOGENY AND METALLO-GENIC EPOCHS FOR PORPHYRY MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THECANADIAN CORDILLERA. C.T.M. SPECIAL VOLUME NO. 15, 1976,PP 64-71. COPPER. ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MR 149, JULY1976, P 7. EXPLORATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, PROVINCE OF BRITISHCOLUMBIA, MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUMRESOURCES, 1978, P. E172. ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA. A SURVEY OF KNOWNMINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED,MR 181, APRIL 1978. P 43. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSINGOPERATIONS, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL 1978 PP. 34-35MINERAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR, ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES,MAGGIE PROPERTY FILE REPORT 92I/14-CU1, EMR CANADA, 1982. MILLER, D.C., MAGGIE; A. SUTHERLAND BROWN, ED., PORPHYRYDEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUMENO. 15, 1976, P.329-335. EMR CANADA, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN1989, MR 223, NOV. 1989, P. BC 150.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10206384 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 50.92483, -121.42068
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Recommended Gear

Estwing E3-22P Rock Pick
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Watertight Medical Kit
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
The classic pocket reference for identifying over 600 rocks and minerals in North America.
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